Federal program
Strategic Response Fund (successor to the Strategic Innovation Fund)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Contributions toward large-scale, transformative industrial projects, including cleantech and advanced-manufacturing innovation and tariff-response support for affected sectors.
What the program says
- Amount
- varies (large-scale projects; no minimum stated on page)
- Deadline
- No deadline stated on the source page
- Level
- Federal
- Region
- National
- Utility
- Other / multi-utility
- Provider
- Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Status note, recorded at retrieval: The Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) has been superseded — the official page now describes the Strategic Response Fund (SRF), active in 2026 with targeted calls for proposals.
Every value below is quoted from the official page as it read on the retrieved date. Nothing is interpreted, converted or estimated (§F.3).
Who qualifies
Aimed at large projects by incorporated businesses; applicants self-screen via ISED's online eligibility tool.
Eligibility is summarized from the official page and is not advice. The provider decides.
Where this came from
One official source, one date, one person accountable for the check.
- Official sourcehttps://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/strategic-innovation-fund/enised-isde.canada.ca
- Retrieved
- Checked byQuantify research pass (agent) — [TOM-REVIEW] before launch (§K.3 #26)
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